For Small Business Week 2025, Startup Savannah is hosting GRIT pitch! Fifteen local businesses made it to the final cut to compete in this pitch competition for a total of $5000 in cash prizes.

GRIT pitch! will take place on May 8 at the Clyde Venue. Doors for the event will open at 6:00PM, and the pitch competition will kick off at 7:00PM.

The competition will be judged by an all-star panel of Savannah business leaders: Bert Brantley, CEO of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce; Jesse Dillon, COO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority; Radford “Rad” Harrell, Startup Catalyst with ATDC and CEO of TalentSoup; Bates Lovett, City Attorney of the City of Savannah and Partner with Pierson Ferdinand; and Judge Tammy Stokes, Judge of the Chatham County Superior Court. The pitch competition is sponsored by the Savannah Economic Development Authority.

WHAT: GRIT pitch!: Small Business Week Pitch Competition

WHO: Startup Savannah

WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 6:00PM

WHERE: The Clyde Venue, 223 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA 31401